The cuwture of Texas can at face vawue be described as a mewting pot of "Soudern" and "Soudwestern" features, wif pockets of ednic group town and settwements in many wocations. As one of de Soudern states, Texas has wong been infwuenced by Soudern cuwture. Awdough Souf Texas and West Texas adjacent to de Mexico border have wargewy wacks defining features of soudern cuwture such as soudern accents and soudern food, soudern cuwture remains prominent in Centraw Texas, Norf Texas and parts of ruraw East Texas. The warge geographic nature of Texas has awso pwayed a rowe in its cuwture. An in depf anawysis of Texas reveaws it is a border region, uh-hah-hah-hah. It is a border between de western prairies, de Deep Souf, and Mexico, infwuenced by Hispanic, African and Angwo traditions. It is a pwace of iswand communities from Germany, Czechoswovakia, Powand, Mexico, Africa, soudern Angwo popuwations, and historic tribes of Native Americans. Its cuwture is a compwex bwending and separation of de cuwtures different peopwe originawwy brought wif dem to Texas. Its African American community contributed to de bwues drough various artists, and it is de onwy pwace in worwd where its past musicians such as Adowph Hofner sang Western Swing Stywe music in Czech and German. Some parts of Texas are windy and dusty, oders are stiww and humid. Some parts are prairies, oders are forests of cedar, pine, or crooked wive oak. Some parts are on de warm coast, oders on de tops of cowd mountains or hot brushy hiwws. Some parts are a desert, oders receive more rain dan Oregon. It is warger in size dan most European nations. It isn't de western prairies, de Deep Souf, Nordern Mexico, or de Mid-West. Its geography, cwimate, peopwe, neighboring regions, and size make it far too diverse to be cwassified in any oder way dan one truwy of its own, uh-hah-hah-hah. Texas is pwaced in de Soudern United States by de United States Census Bureau,[1]

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Rodeo is de officiaw sport of Texas. The annuaw Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is de worwd's wargest known rodeo. It is hewd over 20 days from wate February drough earwy March. The event begins wif traiw rides dat originate from severaw points droughout de state, aww of which convene at Rewiant Park for a barbecue cook-off. The rodeo incwudes typicaw rodeo events, as weww as concert performances from major artists and carnivaw rides. The Fort Worf Livestock Show and Rodeo wasts dree weeks in wate January and earwy February. It has many traditionaw rodeos, but awso a cowboy rodeo, and a Mexican rodeo in recent years dat bof have warge fan bases.

Texas has a considerabwe independent body of fowkwore, primariwy in connection wif its historicaw ranching and cowboy cuwtures, de American Owd West, and de Texas War of Independence. The Texas Fowkwore Society is de second-owdest fowkwore organization continuawwy functioning in de United States. Many weww-known figures and stories in American fowkwore are associated wif Texas:

The Lone Star State hewped popuwarize dis musicaw stywe droughout de worwd and made de Texas cowboy an internationaw icon dat wouwd forever be identified wif country music. Awdough many peopwe may dink of country music when dey dink of de Lone Star State, Texas actuawwy encompasses a wide variety of ednic musicaw genres and regionaw stywes.[2]

Texas is weww known for its wove of footbaww at aww wevews. Watching footbaww is a dominant weisure activity across de state, and autumn weekends are fiwwed wif high schoow games on Friday nights, NCAA and oder cowwege games on Saturdays (Texas' 12 top-wevew or "FBS" schoows are more dan any oder state), and de NFL's Dawwas Cowboys and Houston Texans on Sundays. Texas high schoow footbaww fans are famouswy passionate, and de various teams often become de obsessive pride of de towns dey represent. This phenomenon was documented in de 1990 book Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream and its popuwar fiwm and tewevision adaptations. Schoow districts in Texas are sometimes criticized for de amount of money spent on deir sports programs and faciwities; for exampwe, de Awwen Independent Schoow District spent $60 miwwion to open Eagwe Stadium in 2012, onwy to see it cwosed in 2014 due to serious structuraw probwems.[3] However, dis spending is often driven by wocaw residents—de Awwen stadium was buiwt using funds from a pubwicwy approved bond issue.[4]

The Texas Fowkwife Festivaw is an annuaw event sponsored by de University of Texas at San Antonio's Institute of Texan Cuwtures cewebrating de many ednicities represented in de popuwation of de state of Texas. Thousands attend de dree-day event each year, which features food, crafts, music and dances from ednic groups dat immigrated to Texas.

A 2015 report by non-profit organization Mission: Readiness found dat 73% of miwitary-aged youf in Texas were physicawwy inewigibwe for miwitary service due to issues wif obesity and iww-heawf, a rate much higher dan de nationaw average.[6]